Tag: World Press Freedom Day
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Editors, others task incoming administration on press freedom, FOI implementation
The Nigerian National Committee of the Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) has tasked the incoming government to be inaugurated in Nigeria on May 29 to commit to creating a better operating environment for journalists and media organisations. Making the demand against the backdrop of the 2023 World Press Freedom Day commemoration, the IPI noted that…
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Press freedom: That everything is permitted doesn’t mean there are no rules – Buhari
That everything is permitted does not mean that there are no rules of correctness, particularly in a polity seriously challenged as ours now, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to Buhari on Media and Publicity, in a statement, quoted the President to have said so in commemoration of 2021 World Press Freedom…
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World Press Freedom Day: Nigerian authorities harassing, arresting journalists indiscriminately – AI
Amnesty International, AI has accused the Federal Government of stifling freedom of expression in the country by harassing and arresting media practitioners for doing their job. The group, in a statement released to mark the World Press Freedom Day on Wednesday, said the Federal Government has stepped up its attempt to crush press freedom. The…
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World Press Freedom Day: Report NASS activities correctly, shun propaganda, Saraki tells journalists
Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has tasked journalists across the country to report activities of the National Assembly as it happens and not based on propaganda. Saraki made this statement while addressing Senate Press Corps in Abuja on the occasion of the 2017 World Press Freedom Day. “Your stories play a major role in the…